Wall Street Trader Life 1980s vs 90s vs Today | Experts By Decade | Daily Mail

Over the past 45 years, few industries have changed as radically as Wall Street. From the rise of electronic trading to shrinking bid-ask spreads and increased regulation, the trading floor of the 1980s is almost unrecognizable today. In this episode of Experts By Decade, we sit down with three veteran traders to explore how the financial industry has transformed — and what it’s like to survive the seismic shifts.

00:00 Introduction
00:20 Trading desks
3:02 What was tolerated
4:45 What did you wear to work?
8:30 What was the perception of traders?
10:58 Starting salary
11:29 How did you make trades?
16:35 Electronic trading
19:57 Trading volume
21:38 Was it stressful?
23:11 Getting market data
27:30 Best Wall Street movie
29:32 The social scene
31:53 Did you love it?

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